Time for update to 1.4.4!

Mikael Jenkler

Any issues I should know about before updating

rod

@Jenkler Take a look at the docs on how your Nginx (if you are using Nginx) should be configured to handle the change to assets and plugins:

https://docs.nodebb.org/en/latest/scaling/#use-a-proxy-server-to-serve-static-assets

Specifically

location @nodebb {
    proxy_pass http://io_nodes;
}

location ~ ^/assets/(.*) {
    root /path/to/nodebb/;
    try_files /build/public/$1 /public/$1 @nodebb;
}

location /plugins/ {
    root /path/to/nodebb/build/public/;
    try_files $uri @nodebb;
}

location / {
    proxy_pass http://io_nodes;
}

Mikael Jenkler

@rod Here is my configuration, what would be your approach here?

       server
        {
                listen 443 ssl;
                ssl_certificate /server/nginx/ssl/nodebb.se.crt;
                ssl_certificate_key /server/nginx/ssl/nodebb.se.key;

                location /
                {
                        proxy_http_version 1.1;
                        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
                        proxy_pass http://www-nodebb-se:4567;
                        proxy_set_header Host $host;
                        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
                        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
                        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
                        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
                }
                root /dev/null;
                server_name nodebb.se www.nodebb.se;

                if ($host != 'www.nodebb.se')
                {
                        rewrite ^/(.*)$ https://www.nodebb.se/$1 permanent;
                }
        }

Will this not work in 1.4.4 ? It works fine for 1.4.3... This is more a tweek right so nodebb skipps static content

BTW, i like clean configuration

rod

@Jenkler My understanding from what I have read is that the designers seem to want to remove serving the static content through the node.js engine. Just let node.js do the NodeBB work but let Nginx (or any web server) serve out the static elements of the forum.

Although your configuration works today for v1.4.3 and possible would for v1.4.4 it seems that in a future version it may no longer.

Mikael Jenkler

Yeah that sound smart but in my case the upstream io_nodes { is not necessary. only have one instance

I guess I can add 2 blocks

location ~ ^/assets/(.*) {
    root /path/to/nodebb/;
    try_files /build/public/$1 /public/$1 @nodebb;
}

location /plugins/ {
    root /path/to/nodebb/build/public/;
    try_files $uri @nodebb;
}

to solve this? Right?

Crap did not see @nodebb;

Mikael Jenkler

Guess its best to follow this

server {
    listen 80;

    server_name community.nodebb.org;

    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
    proxy_set_header X-NginX-Proxy true;
    proxy_redirect off;

    # Socket.io Support
    proxy_http_version 1.1;
    proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
    proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";

    gzip            on;
    gzip_min_length 1000;
    gzip_proxied    off;
    gzip_types      text/plain application/xml text/javascript application/javascript application/x-javascript text/css application/json;

    location @nodebb {
        proxy_pass http://io_nodes;
    }

    location ~ ^/assets/(.*) {
        root /path/to/nodebb/;
        try_files /build/public/$1 /public/$1 @nodebb;
    }

    location /plugins/ {
        root /path/to/nodebb/build/public/;
        try_files $uri @nodebb;
    }

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://io_nodes;
    }
}

Thanks @rod , will try this out. Any issues with 1.4.4 so far?

rod

@Jenkler I am running v1.4.4 and have not found any concerns after upgrading from v1.4.3

Mikael Jenkler

Sound great

Time to upgrade then

rod

@Jenkler Do you have a "dev" setup that you test in before? I put together a simple outline of how I clone my production environment to a dev/test environment to which I test my updates first. If you care you may find my post here:

How To: Create & Manage a NodeBB Test / Dev Environment

Create & Manage a NodeBB Test/Dev Environment Table of Contents Summary Caveats Webserver Nginx NodeBB PRD -> DEV Adjustments to DEV Upgrading DEV NodeB...

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I have not updated my post in a while but it should still be accurate.

Mikael Jenkler

Thanks, I will take a look at it Need to keep busy

teh_g

Here is what I did for my changes when I went up to 1.4.x

Introducing the build system in v1.4.x

@julian said in Introducing the build system in v1.4.x: @teh_g Good idea, I will consider writing a short guide to changing the nginx config and verifying t...

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Mikael Jenkler

Yeah! Updated to 1.4.4 + static content thru nginx... Cheers mates

Works great! Time to relax and play some games

julian

@rod said in Time for update to 1.4.4!:

My understanding from what I have read is that the designers seem to want to remove serving the static content through the node.js engine

Yes and no... if you are using nginx or another reverse proxy, you may as well have nginx handle it... but NodeBB will always be a usable fallback if you don't wish to configure it. It's a tad slower, but nothing to really worry about unless you want to squeeze every ounce of performance from the machine/code

oPignonLibre

For what its worth I upgraded nodebb to 1.4.4 without changing the nginx config to handle the static content. I will do it in the near future but I need to change my docker setup. So don't be afraid to migrate without changing your reverse proxy settings.

Standard recommendations about doing backups (and test restores) applies.

Mikael Jenkler

I am also running docker! Needed to mount both my nodejs and nginx volumes to the nginx container. It works good, as it should. Nginx for static feels good